Peter's Confession

Directions: Underline the words in the story as you
find them,
unscramble them and write them in the boxes below.

Jesus was teaching
in the region of Caesarea Philippi . This was one of the most beautiful
places in the country with trees, flowers, and sparkling streams of
water. On this particular day, as he frequently did, he went off by
himself to pray.
His disciples found him and he asked them, "Who do men say that I am?"
Simon Peter said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." How
could Peter be so sure about this? Jesus gives us the answer.
He called Peter's name, Simon Bar-Jonah, or Simon son of Jonah. Jesus
said the fact that Peter knew who he was, had come as a divine
revelation. God Himself had told Peter. Jesus told Peter that He was
going to build His church, and no force of Satan would ever be able to
overcome it. His people would be triumphant and win over evil.
Peter was going to have the "keys" of the kingdom.
Jesus told Peter, "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Then Jesus told them that they must keep his true identity a secret for
a while longer. He would have to suffer and die and be raised again.
Peter didn't want to even think about Jesus dying, and one day he said
to him, "Lord, this shall not happen to You!"
But Jesus knew that Satan was trying to harm Him through the words of
Peter, and He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan."